I have a large garden but I prefer to have a clean look, as much as I possibly can. Its nice to have space for the kids to run around, throw some balls, badminton and splash water for fun.
Most of the vegetables and herbs are grown on the sides, front and back of the house. This keeps most of the space free.
One of the vegetable which is easy to grow and I have been doing it for the last few months is the Sweet Potato leaves. In its natural state, it requires a huge area to crawl. Instead of that, I have made trellis for it to grow upwards. It grows like wildfire! Excited with the ease to grow the Sweet Potato leaves, I wanted to duplicate my success. I also wanted to grow the Malabar Spinach. There are two varieties. Green and purple vine. I am growing both.
The new trellis is made of plastic pipe and joint together. I used 2 ft metal rod nailed to the ground and the trellis slot onto it to ensure that its strong. At least strong enough when the Malabar Spinach and Sweet Potato leaves crawls vertically. It might even be a shade during hot or raining days.
The trellis is tied with nylon strings.
I can just imagine it in my mind, how beautiful this trellis will look when it has a fully grown vine. All green and lush. I feel so happy just thinking about it!
Malabar Spinach starting to crawl upwards!
Most of the vegetables and herbs are grown on the sides, front and back of the house. This keeps most of the space free.
One of the vegetable which is easy to grow and I have been doing it for the last few months is the Sweet Potato leaves. In its natural state, it requires a huge area to crawl. Instead of that, I have made trellis for it to grow upwards. It grows like wildfire! Excited with the ease to grow the Sweet Potato leaves, I wanted to duplicate my success. I also wanted to grow the Malabar Spinach. There are two varieties. Green and purple vine. I am growing both.
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| The New Trellis |
The new trellis is made of plastic pipe and joint together. I used 2 ft metal rod nailed to the ground and the trellis slot onto it to ensure that its strong. At least strong enough when the Malabar Spinach and Sweet Potato leaves crawls vertically. It might even be a shade during hot or raining days.
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| Malabar Spinach which I purchased from the local Nursery |
The trellis is tied with nylon strings.
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| Sweet Potato leaves cuttings |
I can just imagine it in my mind, how beautiful this trellis will look when it has a fully grown vine. All green and lush. I feel so happy just thinking about it!
Malabar Spinach starting to crawl upwards!
